Farm-gate.



F. CASTLE.

FARM GATE.

APPLICATlON FILED OCT- 3. 1911.

L%&?@& Patented Jan.15,1918.

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7 Beat known that I, FRANK CASTLE, a-c1t1- zen of the United States, residingat sprigg,

FRANK CASTLE, or srnie wnsr VIRGINIA.

FARM-GATE.

I Specification of Letters Patent. Pat t d Jan. 15, rain.

Applicationfiled October a, 1917. Serial nonsense.

,in the county of Mingo, State of est Viri ginia, have invented anew and useful Far-In- Gat'e; and I do hereby declare the following 4 tobe a full, clear, andexact description of make and use the same. a

The present .invention relatesto a gate i openingjmechanisin, and has for its object to provide a device of this characterwhich embodies novel features of construction whereby a gate can be opened and closed by theqdriver of an approaching and departing vehicle without the necessity of dismounting from the vehicle.

Further objects of theinvention are to provide, a gate opening mechanism which is comparatively simple and inexpensive 1 in its construction which can 1 be easlly manipulated to open and close the gate without dismounting'from a horse or vehicle, which can be operated-from elther s de of the gate with :equal-faeility,and whichwhas nodelicate parts andis adapted to withstand the rough .i

. usage towhich such devices would ordinarily be subjected in practice. a

With these and other objects in View, the

invention consists in certain novel combination,.reference is to be had to the following i tions: and arrangements ofthe partsas will i more fully appear as the descriptionproceeds, the novel features" thereof being point- .ed out in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invendescription and accompanying drawings in which 'F1gure 1 1s a top plan new of a gate openeing mechanism constructed in accordance Istandards and operating means, portions beupon which the wheel isslidablymounted ing broken away.

Fig. 5 is afront elevation of. one of the :operating wheels, the square end of the shaft beingshown section. 4 ;.-Grresponding; and; likeyparts are referred reference characters. Specifically describing the present em- .loodiinent of the;invention, thenumeral 1 .designates a gate'pcst, and 2 a conventional gate which is mounted upon the gate post the invention, such aswill enableiiothers. skilled in the art to which itnappertainsto by. means of the hinges 3, the said gate being adapted to open. in either direction. A pair .of pulleys are arranged upon :each side; of

ranged on one side of thegate post,;a11d the; -pulleys 7. and 8 on the opposite side of the gate post, the corresponding pulleys being disposed in a similar manner, andthe pulleys 5 and 7 being in a line back ofthe gate post, while the pulleys 6 and 8 are arranged in advance of thepulleys 5 and 7 and spaced slightly farther apart.

i Extending along one. side of the road in one direction are parallel cables 9.;and lOof which thesends thereof'adjacent the gateare carried around therespective pulleys 'Z and 6 and secured to opposite sidesof the gate 2 at a point spaced fromthe hinged edge thereof, as indicated at 11. lVith this arrangement itwill be obvious that by alternately taking in and letting out the respective cables 9 and 10 the gate 2 can be swungback and forth upon its hinges and moved into an open and closed position. A similar pair of cables 13 and 14 extend along the I'OHClElI]. an opposite direction from the cables 9 and 10,: said cables passing around the respective pulleys 5. and 8 and beingsecured to opposite sides of the gate at 11, in exactly the same manner as the cables 9 and 10. By: alternately takuing in and letting out these cables 13 and 14 the gate may be opened and closed in exactly the same manner, as bynneans or thecables 9 andglO.

Standards15 are arranged at one s de of the road and suitably, spaced from the gateon opposite sides thereof. Each of these standards is provided at the bottom thereof with a clearance opening '16 through which therespective setof cables 9 and 10 or 13 and 14: are threaded, the said cables being then carried upwardly around suitable guide members. 171 and secured. at.their vex- ..-tremitiesto a. .dr.um 18 whichis horizontally disposed and preferably arranged transversely with respect to the road. Each drum 18 is rigid with a horizontal shaft 19 which is journaled within suitable bearings 20 projecting from the top of the standard, one

end of the shaft having a polygonal formation, as indicated at 19, and the corresponding bearing 20 being formed with a clutch face 21. An operating wheel 22 is slidable upon the polygonal end 19 of the horizontal shaft and provided with a clutch face 23 adapted to engage the clutch face 21 of the bearing to lock the wheel and shaft against rotation in one direction.- The teeth of the clutch faces are, however, inclined so that they will slip over each other and permit the wheel and shaft to turn freely in the opposite direction. A spring 2 1 normally slides the operating wheel toward the bearing to retain the clutch face 23 of the wheel in engagement with the clutch face 21 of the bearing, and the clutches of the two operating wheels have such a relation to each other that when both of the clutches are "closed neither one of the operating wheels can be moved in 5 either direction.

wheel'22 against the action of the spring 24: to disengage the clutch face 23 thereof from the clutch face 21 and rotate the wheel in the direction which would have been pre- 1 vented by the square sides of theclutch teeth when the clutch was closed.

The rotation of the drum 18 produced by thus turning the operatingwheel will wind one of the cables upon the drum and unwind the other cable therefrom in such a manner as to swing the gate into an open position. The other set of cables will be correspondingly moved, and the other drum and operating wheel will be rotated to permit of the opening of the gate, the inclined teeth of the clutch of the other operatingwheel slipping over each other as' the wheel is rotated.

After the driver has passed through the gate, item be closed by manipulating the of the gate in exactly the same manner as the first operating wheel is manipulated. When the gate is closed it will'be locked against movement in either direction by the clutches of the two operating wheels which have an opposed relation? to each other. so that it is necessarv to break one of the clutch connections before either of the operating wheels can be turned to open the gate. f

Having thus described the invention,what

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i 1. A gate opening mechanism,including agate post, a gate hinged to the gate post, a a standard arranged at a distancefromthe However, in order to open the'gate from either side, it 1s merely necessary to slldethe operating gate post, bearings upon the standard, a shaft journaled within thebearings, a drum upon the shaft, a pair of cables connected to the drum to be alternately wound and unwound therefroni'f'said cables being operatively connected to the gate, a hand wheel slidable upon the shaft and rotatable therewith, and a clutch controlled bythe sliding movements of the hand wheel fornormally lockin g the "drumv against rotation.

2. A gate opening mechanism, lncluding agate post, a gatehinged=to the gate post, =guide pulleys on opposite sides of the gate post, a" pair of cables extending away from "thefgate, the ends of the cables adjacent the gate being carried'around the pulleys and .securedtojoppositesides of the gate, a standardspaced from the gate post,- a} drum at the upper; end of the standard, guide means atthe-lower end' of the'standard, the ends of the before mentioned cables remote from the gate being carried around the guide'means and carried upwardly to the drum, and means for rotating the drum to alternately take in and let out the cable to open and close the V gate; 5

j 3. A gate opening mechanism,including a gate post, a gatehinged tothe gate 'post, guide pulleys on opposite sides of the gate post, pairs of cables extending away fronn-wi the gate in oppositedirections;the endsof each pair of the cables adjacent the'gate being carried by the: pulleys'and secured to opposite sides of the gate, standards 'arranged onopposite sides'of the gate,- a drum mounted upon each of the standards, the ends of the corresponding-pair of cables remote from the gate being secured to the respective drum, a hand wheel for turning each drum, and a clutch for eachldrum,

"'said'clut-ches being formed with inclinedteeth adapted to slip overea'ch other and with square-shoulders,theteeth of the two clutches; having an opposed relation so; that neither drum can be turned" in either direction without' breaking"the clutch connec tion. operating wheel 22 on the opposite side applied to the shafts and'having the ends of the respective cables secured thereto, a hand wheel slidable uponeach shaft and r0- tatable therewith, and a' clutch foreach1212') "drum, said clutches being controlled byfthe sliding movements of the hand'wheels and being formedwith; inclined teeth adapted to slip over each other when the drum is name to this specification in the presence 0t moved in one direction, the clutches each two subscribing Witnesses.

locking the corresponding drum against ro- FRANK CASTLE. tation in one direction and having an op- Witnesses:

' posed relation to each other so that neither I Q E- JUDE,

drum can be rotated until the corresponding hand Wheel is first moved to open the clutch. In testimony whereof I have signed my 1118 MART MILLER.

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